Eien no Zero (The Eternal Zero)

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Movie: The Eternal Zero
Romaji: Eien no Zero
Japanese: 永遠の0
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Writer: Naoki Hyakuta (novel) Tamio Hayashi
Producer: Minami Ichikawa, Tatsuro Hatanaka, Hitoshi Endo, Shuji Abe, Chikahiro Ando, Manabu Endo, Keiichiro Moriya
Cinematographer: Kouzou Shibazaki
Release Date: December 21, 2013
Runtime: 144 min.
Genre: Drama / Military
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
A young man Kentaro Saeki (Haruma Miura) keeps failing his bar test and does not know what to do any more. His older sister Keiko is a freelance writer. Kentaro and Keiko begin to search for information on their grandfather Kyuzo Miyabe (Junichi Okada) who died in the special forces during World War II.
Their grandfather Kyuzo Miyabe was terrified of death and obsessed with life. Why did he join the special forces? According to his fellow navy soldiers, Kyuzo Miyabe was a genius and also a coward. Kentaro and Keiko then discovers the shocking truth which has been sealed for 60 years.

Cast
Junichi Okada
Haruma Miura
Mao Inoue
Gaku Hamada
Hirofumi Arai
Shota Sometani
Takahiro Miura
Tatsuya Ueda
Min Tanaka
Gaku Yamamoto
Mikijiro Hira
Isao Hashizume
Kazue Fukiishi
Jun Fubuki
Isao Natsuyagi

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